Short Oozed Poems

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lagoon sand berm lanced
by tide and waves oozed its pus
flushed clean by sea fizz...

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The spear passed through my heart
His words like a dart
Blood oozed
Pain  profuse
My hand limp
I let go off the wimp...

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Diago Rodrigeuz de Silva y Velazquez
a painter of reality on which to gaze
Talent oozed from every pore
climbing the greasy pole to the palace door...

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An alien oozed forth from a streetcar
Undulating into the nearest bar --
   Blinked his green eyes
   And what a surprise --
Ordered vodka on the rocks of a Star...

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Passion and enthusiasm oozed out of this woman.
She took over my floor of the college dorm in seconds
Her shining face and willingness embarrassed me
Calm down Mom!...

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flattery and compliments oozed out of her
she would apple polish a weirdo, a cur.
a suave sycophant of the nth degree
her nose as brown and smelly as an eye can see...

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self confidence oozed out of her
she married and divorced two men before she was twenty-one
few women had that kind of confidence in the twenties
Marguerite is my grandmother...

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Insult by omission, oozed from her remark
When by chance they happened to pass in the park
Some steps beyond
On him it dawned
That what she said was, "Hello there tall and dark!"...

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The coat
At the time before daybreak, 
I didn’t   know, 
Why did  I remember Gogol?
It was  my body  oozed females . 

The poem by :Nabeel   Al-Jabri  (Iraqi Poet)
Translated by : Laith Seher...

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Written by Gail DeBole
on February 5, 2021

A lady who lived in a song
Sang music to make the world strong.
Her lyrics of love
Oozed melodies that tugged 
At hearts that could do no wrong....

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The very first image I recall in my youth
Was momma a-rockin' as her contentment oozed
In spite of the hardships
During the thirties starkness
She always sang quietly remaining aloof...

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The very first image I recall in my youth
Was momma a-rockin' as her contentment oozed
In spite of the hardships
During the thirties starkness
She always sang quietly remaining aloof...

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Of Beauty, all's gone out.
No let hung glimmer
High or low branched, for this
And that leaf-ember.

Not o'er the whole sad Earth.
Til this grateful shock.
Birdhouse a-flame! Porch-oozed.
Redbreast's berried smock....

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Rivulets of ice hung greedily
to the barren, brown, basalt,
like ribbon-candy in a baby’s hand.
The sweet, wet, drool oozed from Mother Earth,
like a frozen curtain draping the mist scattered day,
hiding the promise of spring....

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Ethereal cloud of pink carnations and blue hydrangeas
Overtook her thoughts, turning her wispy and willing
Her caramel skin tones oozed into her Barbie dream girl mind
Silken red teddy-laden, she gave him her come hither look....

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Whimsy oozed out of everything Bancranda decided to do.
Picnics were common, also carnivals full of merry-go-rounds blue.
A fawning cat, lucky dog, and tweeting birds appeared with ease.
She is lucky said non-creatives. Daily, she does everything she please....

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He was the sun
I was the star
We oozed light and fun
But our zones of existence were 
In big contrast
Day and night
Everyday was all make up and a fight
No, we were never going to last
Well, except for the love
I think a trace we still have
But we were
Used to be
And that's just it....

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Good childhood memories arrive unbidden
Days of happiness and fun I did not remember
Where had these snippets of goodness been hidden?
This is my sixty-eighth November
Delicious memories oozed in unremembered in September 
Enthusiastic happiness doth now flow
Knowing my parents had always loved me so...

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money-grubbing relatives
oozed out of the woodwork and the shadows of greed
when Josephine’s death was announced
distant cousins she had not seen for centuries
demanded to know if she had left them anything
their audacity was irritating to those close to her
who had been taking care of her for years before the end....

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man 
like it was 
cool 
like an ice box 
left open 
in the heat 
as the jazz 
oozed 
out in 
statico beats 
of non-conformity 
to the jive 
laid down 
by the suits 
that live in black an white 
laced straight 
world 
without soul 
or 
knowing 
of the flamboyant 
dreams 
billowed by the wind 
of night....

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Emotional funeral for lost relevance.
Days, nights, years of abuse, and misuse.
endured nightmares as apprentices.
With the utterly shifting views, this is confusing.
Yet, nothing is grander to me than this existence.
I would like to chase it after being oozed.
Beyond gaining affection for my muse....

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The birds were feasting
on mutilated remains,
maggots oozed,
from the ruptured veins,
as bodies piled high
of casualties with no names,
ripped flesh,
rancid smell,
guts mesh,
and visions right from hell,
the markings of fear,
written everywhere,
and songs about bombs
bursting in air,
as death hears,
all the war cheers....

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She was a woman full of stories.
They oozed out of her and onto her skirts.
When she shook them, verbs and adjectives flew onto the floor.
I watched them congregate around her ankles
Forming run-on sentences.
No wonder story-telling is so easy to her
She doesn’t even need a muse
She has all the fixings at her fingertips and her toes...

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He placed the little child on a broad chopping board
Picked up his big sharp knife, started cutting it.
He cut its leg first, then heart, brain and all other fleshy parts
Blood oozed out, filling the pan
he was not bothered, 
He was thinking how delicious it would be once cooked

16.05.2021
Note : He was a chef, cutting baby chicken for a meal...

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I sat upon a stair
and saw a little man;
he smiled, but oozed despair.

A sad and lonely guy.

I didn't like to stare.
I waited for my gran,
and hugged my teddy bear.

He said it wasn't fair;
it didn't go to plan...
and then he wasn't there...

A sad and lonely guy.  

A childhood memory, written 13th Feb for Constance's roundel contest...

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